1943 The Victory That Never Was Author:John Grigg A brilliant and fascinating account of the Second World War and the crucial military decisions of 1943, John Grigg analyzes the timing of the invasion of France. He makes the case that the strategy to invade Sicily and Italy, — rather than France, in 1943 resulted in a trememdous waste of time, lives, money, and effort; and delayed the invasion ... more »of France for a year.« less